The books are quite obviously much better.
I think a big problem with the movies is that are basically all the action/fighting scenes from the book.
The books are more coming of age with a little romance here and there, and they're actually pretty emotional, and I don't think they do a very good job at portraying those aspects of the book. It's even so bad sometimes I think that if you haven't read the book you wouldn't know what's truly going on.
Even so, the movies are still entertaining and fun to see, with the exception of the 4th movie, that was absolutely terrible.
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